4th Place

Our spunky Miss Lily had her very first swim meet here recently and I could not wait to blog about it.  After all I am guessing this will be the first of many for the Longmire home.  Both of our little girls are fish in the water so the pool is starting to feel like home away from home.

This is Lily's latest instructor.  Her name is Dani.  Lily had a blast in her class for the past 6 weeks.  She was the youngest by far, but Dani saw her potential and was always encouraging her.  

After a lot of laps and practice Lily decided she wanted to take part in the meet that happened.  We all went together to cheer on our Lily.  Evie even wore a Lily dress to show her support.  It was hot with a lot of down time, but Evie did great.  She and Daniel Tiger enjoyed their time together on the bench.....and under it.

Lily led out the pack of swimmers without hesitation.  They warmed up all of their strokes and got ready for each heat.

Here is Lily working her backstrokes.

Lily decided that she only wanted to compete in 1 event, the freestyle, which is her favorite.  The buzzer when off and she trucked on down the line with the other kids in the line up. We are working on big arms and keeping her head down.  She took off in the lead, but soon got distracted by the other swimmers and her little legs got tired.  She got to the finish line, jumped out of the pool and claimed her 4th place ribbon with pride.

Lily's first swim meet was a huge success for all of us.  She was so proud of her accomplishment and Bob and I were so happy for her.  She may be the youngest, but she rocked it!

Way to go Lily!

One Kid

So I spent the majority of the first part of September traveling back to CO with my little Evie Bee.  Since I had 2 weekends of back to back weddings, we decided to send me out there for the whole week and I got to take one little Bumblebee with me while her sissy stayed home with Daddy.  Man, one kid is so much easier :)  Sure, she is still 2, but its amazing how much simpler it is to take care of yourself and 1 kiddo.

Evie had been looking forward to this trip ever since I told her about it.  She was so excited to see Memaw and ride the horses.  And the horses did not disappoint.  From the moment she woke up to the moment she laid her little head down she was talking Bon Bon, Helmets and going riding.  Oh how I am praying Memaw and Papa get closer and soon!

We took a little walk to visit the neighbors one morning and Evie had a ball in the wagon.  She wanted to pull it down the steep incline so Memaw got her workout making sure it didn't trample her.

Evie and I also had a GREAT time visiting Sarah and her boys.  Elijah and Evie are so cute together.  We went for a nice long walk and got caught up on all our family news.  I am really looking forward to next month when we meet together for a half marathon in Denver.  

The highlight of the week was going up to Breckenridge for a couple of nights before a wedding I had to shoot.  We stayed at the neatest little inn and Mom and Dad had charge of the little Bee plus the doggies.  They found parks and dog parks and kept everyone busy while I was working.

Speaking of working, what a great experience I had on the day of the wedding.  The fabulous couple wanted to run to the top of Hoosier Pass on the morning of their wedding, a mere 9 miles from their locale.  Of course I went with them and the run was great!  I am now in the process of editing all of my weddings and catching up where we left off back here in AZ.  Evie and I had a good time and while I missed Lily, I loved having my one charge.